PT-2015-3538 · Yoast · Wordpress Seo By Yoast

Badconker · Published 2015-06-17 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2012-6692

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin versions prior to 2.2

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the post title parameter to "wp-admin/post-new.php". This is due to improper handling in the snippet preview functionality.

Recommendations For WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin versions prior to 2.2, update to version 2.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the snippet preview functionality until the update is applied. Avoid using the post title parameter in the affected functionality until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-6692

Affected Products

Wordpress Seo By Yoast

References · 10

• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132294/WordPress-Yoast-2.1.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/40 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://inventropy.us/blog/yoast-seo-plugin-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability · Exploit
• 🔥 https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-with-post-title-field-xss-vulnerability · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6692 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/changelog · Patch
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1032580 · Note
• https://yoast.com/wordpress-seo-2-2 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6692 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/75196 · Note